Satellite TV reception in the North
In 2013 I traveled to Alaska. I was using Direct TV with a Winegard Carryout receiver and could not get reception above Prince George. This year I have Dish with a Winegard Pathway X2 receiver. Can I ...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:I understand that, but a mountain is still a mountain. All the satellites are in orbit over the equator, and all at approximately 22,000 miles high to be able to keep a fixed sky position, so a difference of 10 degrees longitude (119 DirecTV to 129 Dish) is not going to make that much difference. When the Rockies are in the way and the antenna low tune angle can't be met due to latitude, you're still not going to get a signal. If you were talking about the Canadian Bell system with satellites at 81 and 92 degrees longitude, that would be an entirely different issue.
The OP is hoping to get Dish, not Directv so the satellites are much farther West and higher in the sky.
